‘Asha Encounter release deferred by two weeks’

Film producer informs High Court

Producer of Disha Encounter movie, based on the rape and murder of a vet and subsequent killing of four youngsters in an ‘exchange of fire with police’, assured Telangana High Court on Monday that the film would not be released for next two weeks. The film producer’s counsel Durga Prasad gave this assurance to a bench of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy. The bench was hearing a writ appeal filed by the vet’s father challenging a single judge order over release of the film. With the producer’s assurance that the film’s release was being deferred by two weeks, the bench closed the writ appeal. During the arguments on Monday, the producer’s counsel contended that the film was not directed by Ram Gopal Varma. He maintained that Disha film was directed by Anand Chandra. The producer only took the story content of the film from Mr. Varma, the lawyer told the court. The film was made with the title Asha Encounter. A four-member committee of the Central Board of Film Certification initially examined the film following directions from the HC over a writ petition filed by the vet’s father.